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Lexicon :: Strong's H3639 - kᵊlimmâ

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כְּלִמָּה
Transliteration
kᵊlimmâ
Pronunciation
kel-im-maw'
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 987a

Strong’s Definitions

כְּלִמָּה kᵉlimmâh, kel-im-maw'; from H3637; disgrace:—confusion, dishonour, reproach, shame.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 30x

The KJV translates Strong's H3639 in the following manner: shame (20x), confusion (6x), dishonour (3x), reproach (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 30x
The KJV translates Strong's H3639 in the following manner: shame (20x), confusion (6x), dishonour (3x), reproach (1x).

  1. disgrace, reproach, shame, confusion, dishonour, insult, ignominy

    1. insult, reproach

    2. reproach, ignominy

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
כְּלִמָּה kᵉlimmâh, kel-im-maw'; from H3637; disgrace:—confusion, dishonour, reproach, shame.
STRONGS H3639: Abbreviations
† כְּלִמָּה noun feminine insult, reproach, ignominy; — absolute כ׳ Isaiah 45:16 + 9 times; construct כְּלִמַּת Jeremiah 20:11 + 3 times; suffix כְּלִמָּתִי Job 20:3 + 3 times, etc., plural כְּלִמּוֺת Micah 2:6; Isaiah 50:6; —
1. specifically, insult, reproach, לֹא יִסַּג כ׳ Micah 2:6 reproaches do not cease; מוּסַר כְּלִמָּתִי Job 20:3 = my beshaming (insulting) correction, i.e. the correction which insults me.
2. in general, reproach, ignominy, opposed to כָּבוֺד Psalm 4:3; הלך בַּכּ׳ Isaiah 45:16 go into ignominy (+ בּוֺשׁ, נִכְלַם); often || בּשֶׁת Isaiah 30:3; Isaiah 61:7; Psalm 44:16, subject of כִּסָּה Jeremiah 3:25 our ignomity covereth us, so under figure of garment, after לָבַשׁ Psalm 35:26 (+ בושׁ, חפר in Psalm 35:26a), Psalm 109:29; || חֶרְפָּה Psalm 69:8 (subject of פָּנָ֑י כִּסְּתָה), Jeremiah 51:51 (id.; בושׁ in || clause), Psalm 71:13 (+ בושׁ in || clause); || בּשֶׁת + חֶרְפָּה Psalm 69:20; || אִוֶּלֶת Proverbs 18:13; || רֹק Isaiah 50:6; עוֺלָם כ׳ Jeremiah 20:11 (בושׁ in || clause); כְּלִמָּתֵךְ Ezekiel 16:63 (id. ||); often in Ezek. נשׂא כ׳ bear ignominy, Ezekiel 16:52 (twice in verse) (|| בושׁ), Ezekiel 16:54 (נִכְלַם in || clause); Ezekiel 32:24, 25, 30 (all + אֶתיֿוֺרְדֵי בוֺר with those who go down to the pit; reference to ignominious death), Ezekiel 36:7; Ezekiel 39:26 (si vera lectio = bear the humiliating sense of underserved kindness from י׳; but text dubious, Hi Co, which see, [כ׳] נשׁו; Sm Da defend); נאשׂ כְּלִמַּת הַגּוֺיִם, i.e. caused by the nations, Ezekiel 34:39; Ezekiel 36:6; also Ezekiel 36:15 (|| עַמִּים חֶרְפַּת), probably also Psalm 89:51 (read כְּלִמַּת, compare VB Che Bae); כְּלִמָּתָם יְתוֺעֲבוֺתָם אֲשֶׁר עָשׂוּ וְנ׳ Ezekiel 44:13.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Job

20:3; 20:3

Psalms

4:3; 35:26; 35:26; 44:16; 69:8; 69:20; 71:13; 89:51; 109:29

Proverbs

18:13

Isaiah

30:3; 45:16; 45:16; 50:6; 50:6; 61:7

Jeremiah

3:25; 20:11; 20:11; 51:51

Ezekiel

16:52; 16:54; 16:63; 32:24; 32:25; 32:30; 36:6; 36:7; 36:15; 39:26; 44:13

Micah

2:6; 2:6

H3639

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H3639 matches the Hebrew כְּלִמָּה (kᵊlimmâ),
which occurs 30 times in 29 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 20:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 20:3 - I hear a rebuke that dishonors me, and my understanding inspires me to reply.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 4:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 4:2 - How long will you people turn my glory into shame? How long will you love delusions and seek false gods?[fn][fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 35:26

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 35:26 - May all who gloat over my distress be put to shame and confusion; may all who exalt themselves over me be clothed with shame and disgrace.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 44:15

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 44:15 - I live in disgrace all day long, and my face is covered with shame

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 69:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 69:7 - For I endure scorn for your sake, and shame covers my face.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 69:19

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 69:19 - You know how I am scorned, disgraced and shamed; all my enemies are before you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 71:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 71:13 - May my accusers perish in shame; may those who want to harm me be covered with scorn and disgrace.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 109:29

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 109:29 - May my accusers be clothed with disgrace and wrapped in shame as in a cloak.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 18:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 18:13 - To answer before listening— that is folly and shame.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 30:3

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:3 - But Pharaoh’s protection will be to your shame, Egypt’s shade will bring you disgrace.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 45:16

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 45:16 - All the makers of idols will be put to shame and disgraced; they will go off into disgrace together.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 50:6

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 50:6 - I offered my back to those who beat me, my cheeks to those who pulled out my beard; I did not hide my face from mocking and spitting.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 61:7

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 61:7 - Instead of your shame you will receive a double portion, and instead of disgrace you will rejoice in your inheritance. And so you will inherit a double portion in your land, and everlasting joy will be yours.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 3:25

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 3:25 - Let us lie down in our shame, and let our disgrace cover us. We have sinned against the LORD our God, both we and our ancestors; from our youth till this day we have not obeyed the LORD our God.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 20:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 20:11 - But the LORD is with me like a mighty warrior; so my persecutors will stumble and not prevail. They will fail and be thoroughly disgraced; their dishonor will never be forgotten.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 51:51

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:51 - “We are disgraced, for we have been insulted and shame covers our faces, because foreigners have entered the holy places of the LORD’s house.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 16:52

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:52 - Bear your disgrace, for you have furnished some justification for your sisters. Because your sins were more vile than theirs, they appear more righteous than you. So then, be ashamed and bear your disgrace, for you have made your sisters appear righteous.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 16:54

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:54 - so that you may bear your disgrace and be ashamed of all you have done in giving them comfort.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 16:63

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:63 - Then, when I make atonement for you for all you have done, you will remember and be ashamed and never again open your mouth because of your humiliation, declares the Sovereign LORD.’ ”

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 32:24

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 32:24 - “Elam is there, with all her hordes around her grave. All of them are slain, fallen by the sword. All who had spread terror in the land of the living went down uncircumcised to the earth below. They bear their shame with those who go down to the pit.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 32:25

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 32:25 - A bed is made for her among the slain, with all her hordes around her grave. All of them are uncircumcised, killed by the sword. Because their terror had spread in the land of the living, they bear their shame with those who go down to the pit; they are laid among the slain.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 32:30

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 32:30 - “All the princes of the north and all the Sidonians are there; they went down with the slain in disgrace despite the terror caused by their power. They lie uncircumcised with those killed by the sword and bear their shame with those who go down to the pit.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 34:29

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 34:29 - I will provide for them a land renowned for its crops, and they will no longer be victims of famine in the land or bear the scorn of the nations.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 36:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 36:6 - Therefore prophesy concerning the land of Israel and say to the mountains and hills, to the ravines and valleys: ‘This is what the Sovereign LORD says: I speak in my jealous wrath because you have suffered the scorn of the nations.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 36:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 36:7 - Therefore this is what the Sovereign LORD says: I swear with uplifted hand that the nations around you will also suffer scorn.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 36:15

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 36:15 - No longer will I make you hear the taunts of the nations, and no longer will you suffer the scorn of the peoples or cause your nation to fall, declares the Sovereign LORD.’ ”

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 39:26

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 39:26 - They will forget their shame and all the unfaithfulness they showed toward me when they lived in safety in their land with no one to make them afraid.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 44:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 44:13 - They are not to come near to serve me as priests or come near any of my holy things or my most holy offerings; they must bear the shame of their detestable practices.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mic 2:6

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 2:6 - “Do not prophesy,” their prophets say. “Do not prophesy about these things; disgrace will not overtake us.”
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